Speeches by McIntyre.

“That is very helpful.”

“Without wanting you to pre-empt something that is not yet published, will the workforce plan set out how we can increase the diversity of the workforce as we seek to increase numbers?”

“I have one final question, which is probably to ask Professor Shehata’s question. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists was working on the workforce planning tool, which is now sat with the Department, as we understand it. Where is the roll-out of that? When is it expected to be rolled out?”

“I will move on quickly to workforce. As the MP for Gloucester, I am delighted that my local hospital has made really good progress recently on recruiting more midwives. We have a fully staffed maternity service. Could the Minister update us on the target to recruit an additional 1,000 midwives by 2026? Do we expect to …”

“The previous panel—you may have heard them as you joined at the back—referred repeatedly to burnout and retention of the workforce, in particular midwives. What is the Department doing to address that? We can recruit additional midwives, but, if we are losing them at the same time, it is really difficult to improve the…”

“What steps can the Department and NHS England take to improve morale?”

“Thank you very much for your answers so far. I am going to build on Sarah’s questions. It is very welcome to hear a Minister addressing the fact that there is institutional and structural racism within our health service, and particularly within maternity services. Having represented the NHS for a number of years, I kn…”

“Can you give a couple of examples of the practical steps within that framework?”

“During a recent Westminster Hall debate, Minister Ashley Dalton highlighted the role of leadership—we have touched upon that today—in tackling racism, and referred to the fact that all maternity and neonatal units in England had signed up to the perinatal cultural leadership programme. How is the Department monitoring …”

“I want to move on to the patient safety incident response framework. Is the Department satisfied that the framework is ensuring that incidents involving black women are properly identified, investigated and used to improve services?”

“Q Thank you, Minister, for your answers so far. We have had an awful lot of questions this afternoon from the hon. Member for Bexhill and Battle about individuals who are avoiding judgment and avoiding taking responsibility for their actions. I am a new Member, but I understand that the measures in the Bill about askin…”

“I thank the Minister for his statement and for the support that he and his team have given my constituents and my team over the weekend. My city of Gloucester is in mourning for the loss of Akeel Nanabawa, Hannaa Vorajee and four-year-old Sara Nanabawa. I am sure the whole House will join us in sending our thoughts and…”

“I welcome my hon. Friend’s statement about the record funding going into our NHS. We are already seeing the benefit in my constituency, with millions of pounds going into investment in our hospital; that is so desperately needed to get waiting lists down. People were left behind by the Conservative party, and I note th…”

“Thank you for all your answers so far, which have been really enlightening. Moving on to some questions about funding—everyone’s favourite topic at the moment, particularly with the spending review coming out next week—different funding models are being used to support family hubs: some are Government-funded and others…”

“That leads nicely to my final question. I hear you loud and clear on longer-term funding. That seems pretty unanimous, from all of you. There is also the point that you made, Christine: if you have different sources of funding, how does that relate to the kind of conflicts and challenges you face with data sharing and …”

“That leads nicely to my next question. Rachel, what impact has central Government funding had on how you have designed and delivered family hubs in Hull?”

“Thank you. Christine?”

“5. What steps her Department is taking to help reduce reoffending by young offenders.”

“I thank the Minister for his response. It is so important that we break the cycle of reoffending, particularly for young offenders. In Gloucester, we are really lucky to have amazing organisations working with young offenders, including Young Gloucestershire and the Nelson Trust, which offers holistic trauma-informed s…”

“Will the hon. Lady give way on that point?”